{"id":49450,"date":"2026-10-29T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49450"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T17:48:29","slug":"africa-cdc-urges-stricter-cross-border-measures-against-ebola","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/africa-cdc-urges-stricter-cross-border-measures-against-ebola\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa CDC urges stricter cross border measures against Ebola \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged African nations to accelerate cross-border co-ordination and bolster health security measures as cases of Ebola continue to spread across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a virtual emergency meeting of African Health Ministers, Africa CDC Director-General Dr Jean Kaseya warned that the escalating threat demands heightened vigilance, stricter cross-border surveillance, and enhanced protection for frontline healthcare workers. Cases have already been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the outbreak was designated a public health emergency of continental security, member states have implemented targeted containment measures. However, the continent&#8217;s public health agency cautioned that the evolving nature of the crisis necessitates sustained political commitment and unified regional strategy to prevent further cross-border transmission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the growing threat, Kaseya expressed confidence in the continent&#8217;s response mechanism, pointing out that Africa possesses the technical expertise and institutional capacity required to curb the outbreak and safeguard lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22826,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-49450","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Africa CDC urges continental nations to accelerate cross border Ebola surveillance","published_date":"2026-10-29 19:47:31","news_description":"Africa CDC urges continental nations to accelerate cross border Ebola surveillance","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49453,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49450\/revisions\/49453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}